Taler, Kreuzer, Schillinge, Rappen etc.
H.W. Fluks
fluks at pcssdc.pttnwb.nl
Tue Oct 24 17:49:25 CET 1995
GILBERT:
> In American Disney comics the currency of Duckburg is the same as it is
> in the USA, Dollar and Cents. But in German Disney comics the currency of
> Duckburg is from its first mentioning on Taler and Kreuzer.
I always thought that was because the German comics were published in
(at least) 3 countries with different currencies: Austria, Switzerland
and Germany. To avoid that children complain about the Ducks living in
"the wrong country", they made up fake currencies.
--Harry.
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